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Chichester Harbour is a large natural harbour in West Sussex and Hampshire.It is situated to the south-west of the city of Chichester and to the north of the Solent.The harbour and surrounding land has been designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
A replacement lifeboat, along with its carriage, was sent to Chichester Harbour in 1873. The 32-foot lifeboat was slightly larger than the first lifeboat, and now rowed 10-oars, but was actually two years older, having previously served at Newquay since 1865. On arrival at Chichester Harbour, it again took the name Undaunted. [3] [9]
West Wittering is a village and civil parish situated on the Manhood Peninsula in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It lies near the mouth of Chichester Harbour on the B2179 road 6.5 miles (10.5 km) southwest of Chichester close to the border with Hampshire. The sandy beach was described as having excellent water quality in 2017. [3]
The River Lavant is a winterbourne that rises at East Dean and flows west to Singleton, then south past West Dean and Lavant to Chichester.From east of Chichester its natural course was south to the sea at Pagham, but the Romans diverted it to flow around the southern walls of Chichester and then west into Chichester Harbour.
It is part of the Chichester Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest [4] and Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I*, [5] the Chichester and Langstone Harbours Ramsar site [6] and Special Protection Area, [7] and the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation. [8] The island has sand dunes, mudflats, salt marsh and bare and vegetated ...
Thorney Island is an island (effectively a peninsula) that juts into Chichester Harbour in West Sussex. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called the Great Deep. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called the Great Deep.
The River Ems is a much-sluiced, six miles (9.7 km) river that is located in the far west of the county of West Sussex, England.The last one and a half miles (2.4 km), of this river, delimits eastern Hampshire, before flowing into the sea at Chichester Harbour. The river was so named, the "Ems", by a chronicler in the Tudor period.
An Act for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal from the River Arun to Chichester Harbour, and from thence to Langstone and Portsmouth Harbours, with a Cut or Branch from Hunston Common to or near the City of Chichester; and for improving the Navigation of the Harbour of Langstone and Channels of Langstone and Thorney. Citation: 57 Geo. 3 ...